Vulnerability CVE-2020-3980

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-3980 (CCN-188291)

Assigned:

2019-12-30

Published:

2020-09-14

Updated:

2021-07-21

Summary:

VMware Fusion (11.x) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where Fusion is installed.

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.7 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

6.7 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
5.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): High Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

3.7 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): High Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-269

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-3980

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
vmware-cve20203980-priv-esc(188291)

Source: CCN
Type: VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2020-0020
VMware Workstation, Fusion and Horizon Client updates address multiple security vulnerabilities

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0020.html

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 11.0.0 and < 12.0.0)

AND

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:vmware:fusion:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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